At noon today the Octoberfest was officially opened! We have a good friend in town and decided to go as he had never been there. We arrived at the train station around 3pm and had to walk across a bridge to get to the grounds. On our way across the bridge the horse drawn carriages, which participated in the opening parade were approaching us on their way home. The parade starts in the center city around 10AM and ends at the Octoberfest grounds. Each drawn carriage represents a large munich brewery. It was marvelous!!! The horses were covered in bells! I will try to upload the video too!
The weather was unexpectedly warm and just beautiful. I quickly acquired the pink hat for sun protection-which turned out to be a nice fashion accessory to my outfit. :-) We sat in the historical portion of the Octoberfest, which was founded in celebration of last year's 200 year celebration.
Listen to all those bells!!!
All set for Oktoberfest!
At the "historical" part. A liter of beer sells for 8.95 Euros this year. . . and there was lots of foam!
Still worth every drop! :-) At least for the guys...
Gorgeous afternoon! People had umbrellas open - using them as a sunshield!
By belly!!! I guess the hat distracted from the bulge, no?
At the cake and coffee tent!
Aaahhh!!!!!
